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Gender-specific effects of unemployment on family formation : a cross-national perspective

Schmitt, Christian (contributor) - 2008

effects prevail even after ontrolling for labour market and income-related factors. The findings are pronounced in Germany and …

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Long-term effects of unpaid overtime : evidence for West Germany

Pannenberg, Markus - 2002

Why do people work unpaid overtime? We show that remarkable long-term labor earnings gains are associated with unpaid overtime in West Germany. A descriptive analysis suggests that over a 10-year period workers with unpaid overtime experience on average at least a 10 percentage points higher...

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Obesity and developmental functioning among children aged 2-4 years

Cawley, John H. (contributor); … - 2008

developmental functioning of children at younger ages (2-4 years) than ever previously examined. Data from the German Socio … the correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that the correlation … providers. -- Obesity ; human capital ; children ; child development ; Germany ; gender …

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Labour market integration and the transition to parenthood : a comparison of Germany and the UK

Schmitt, Christian (contributor) - 2008

The aim of this paper is to investigate the hypothesis that after leaving the educational system, labour market integration has a causal effect on first-birth decisions. The analysis focuses on two major research questions: First, how is the timing of first parenthood associated with previous...

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Financial literacy : Thai middle class women do not lag behind

Grohmann, Antonia; Hübler, Olaf; Kouwenberg, Roy; … - 2016

's low financial literacy, nor by women's high income and good education. Rather, it seems influenced by country …

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Is there still son preference in the United States?

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2019 - revised, October 2019

In this paper, we use 2008-2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe evidence on son preference in the United States. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for natives and immigrants. Dahl and Moretti (2008) found earlier...

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Culture, children and couple gender inequality

Jessen, Jonas - 2021

female income share is 26.9 percentage points in West German couples, compared to 15.5 in East German couples. I additionally …) and reunified Germany, comparing parents with childless couples of similar age. This provides a rare insight into gender … inequality in the GDR and allows to compare the effect of children in the GDR to the effects in East and West Germany after …

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COVID-19 : a crisis of female self-employed

Graeber, Daniel; Kritikos, Alexander; Seebauer, Johannes - 2020

were much more likely to suffer income losses than employees. Among the self-employed, women were 35% more likely to … experience income losses than men, as women are disproportionately working in industries that are more severely affected by the …

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